Bible Verses about “parachurch”

“not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.”

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.”

“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.”

“Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;”

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."”

“He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;”

“As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.”

“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”

“so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”

“or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;”

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,”

“or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”

“but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;”

“They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”

“For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,”

“that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;”

“from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.”

“Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,”

“For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”

“For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.”

“When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”

“praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.”

“So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.”

“They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.”

“All who believed were together, and had all things in common.”

“But now they are many members, but one body.”

“For the body is not one member, but many.”

“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.”

“No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.”

“Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;”

“God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.”

“But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.”

“whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,”

“The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."”

“that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.”

“Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.”

“If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.”

“If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.”

“If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?”

“If they were all one member, where would the body be?”

“If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

“Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.”

“in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;”

“being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;”

“But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."”

“whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”

“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.”

“So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,”